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Abstract - Technical Program - OSDI 99
Tapeworm: High-Level Abstractions of Shared Accesses
Peter J. Keleher
University of Maryland
Abstract
We describe the design and use of the tape mechanism, a new
high-level abstraction of accesses to shared data for software DSMs.
Tapes can be used to "record" shared accesses. These recordings can be
used to predict future accesses. Tapes can be used to tailor data
movement to application semantics. These data movement policies are
layered on top of existing shared memory protocols. We have used
tapes to create the Tapeworm prefetching library. Tapeworm implements
sophisticated record/replay mechanisms across barriers, augments locks
with data movement semantics, and allows the use of producer-consumer
segments, which move entire modified segments when any portion of the
segment is accessed. We show that Tapeworm eliminates 85% of remote
misses, reduces message traffic by 63%, and improves performance by an
average of 29% for our application suite.
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